Open Season Warns Against Hunters Impetuous in Woods
The Helena Independent urges safe hunting as open season begins on September first and big game a month later. An Adirondack guide recalls a near fatal mistake when Nat Moore restrained a shot after hearing a rustle, teaching the rule to never fire until identity is certain to avoid harming a person in the woods.
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Helena
Pardes
Adirondack
Maine
Nat Moore
St. John’s River
Osa Bear
Nat
United States Army
Moose
Beaverhead High School to Open September Eleventh
Principal L R Foote announced Beaverhead High will open September eleventh with enrollment at nine in the morning and exemptions from examinations from day one. The renovated building features updated domestic science, tinted walls, and a remodeled boys cloak room. New electives expand offerings in the classical and scientific tracks.
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L. RR. Foote
Beaverhead High School
Madison County
Beaverhead
Centennial
Bedrock
Big Hole Valleys
Foote
L. R. Foote
Catherine Paxton
Burt Adams Tower
Tower
Harvard
W. J. Phillips
Anne C. Johnson
Lyman Ripley
Edith McDowell
J. Kerr
Prof
Carr
Dillon visitors stay with Maxeimer household in Bozeman
Mr and Mrs CasHimoré are among the Dillon people visiting Bozeman this week and are guests at the Maxeimer home.
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CasHimoré
Dillon
Bozeman
Maxeimer
Condemnation suits heard as railroad project advances
The Gilmore and Pittsburg railroad condemnation cases against C Cornell and Poindexter and Orr Livestock were heard before Judge Callaway. Amendments required after misdescriptions of property. Hearing set for September 25. Officials note start of switch construction and possible widening to Twin Bridges or Whitehall, with ties to Hill transcontinental rail plans. Governor Norris represented defendants. Padgham and Bennett for plaintiffs.
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Gilmore & Pittsburg Railroad Company
C. Cornell
Poindexter & Orr Livestock Company
Callaway
Norris
Padgham
Rogers
Gilmore & Pittsburg
G. & P.texin
Dillon
Ing
Twin Bridges
Whitehall
San Francisco
Anaconda Standard
Armstead
Salmon City
Northern Pacific Railway
Boise Statesman
Pittsburg
Gilmore
Boise
Butte
County Officials Tour Near-Complete Blacktail Canyon Road
County Commissioners H C Patterson and W C Orrand with Clerk John S Baker left yesterday for an inspection of the new road through Blacktail canyon toward the Centennial valley. The line is nearing completion and practically ready for through traffic.
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H. C. Patterson
W. C. Orrand
Blacktail Canyon
Centennial Valley
Olmsted-Stevenson Team Tops Stamm Cup Race After Close Win
In a tight city league game last Sunday the Olmsted-Stevenson company team beat Eliel Bros 10 to 9 to grab the Stamm cup lead with a .750 mark. George Cosman starred as a pitcher after starting at second base, fanning 14 over nine innings with eight hits and one walk. Yoe pitched well for Eliel, while Headley shut out the last four innings.
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Olmsted-Stevenson Company
Montana Mercantile Company
Eliel Bros
Dry Goods
George Cosman
Eliel
Hirschman
Besty
Yoe
Eliel Boys
Headley
RUE
Hliel Brog
US. Co
Kiel Bros
Gosman and Mosher
Yoe, Headley and Hirschman
Circus Delights Dillon Crowd With London Show
Last Saturday the Howe's Great London Shows attracted 1700 spectators in Dillon for a full day of circus entertainment. A lengthy street parade, a free grounds performance, and a strong band impressed attendees though clowns disappointed some. The small tour train left early Sunday for Idaho Falls, leaving local youth satisfied with a true summer circus.
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Dillon
Howe
London
This
Madison County
Fair Grounds
Idaho Falls
Deputy Game Warden Clifford Cracks Down on Violations
J. E. Clifford, deputy state game and fish warden, was in Dillon this week and arrested two Japanese men for fishing without a license at Melrose. They pled guilty and paid $25 each. He also caught an Italian section hand, ID. Zicora, at Lavon for license noncompliance and fined $50. All fines totaled $100. Clifford is praised for diligent enforcement and is described as a rising deterrent to game law breakers.
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J. E. Clifford
Dillon
Clifford
Melrose
Rich
M. Suzuki
M. Tsutsin
ID. Zicora
Lavon
Mr. Clifford
Tragic Rifle Accident Claims Dillon Teen
A serious farm hunting accident near the Rheinhardt ranch left Dillon boy George Kent fatally wounded. The fifteen year old, struck by shotgun pellets when a companion stumbled, died at 12:35 after his leg was amputated and blood loss proved too great. Arthur Sabin and family grieve alongside Kent’s relatives as the community offers support.
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George Kent
John Kent
Dillon
Young Kent
Arthur Sabin
Ray Sabin
Rheinhardt Ranch
Sabin
Kent
Chris Christenson
John
Bond
Velie
Jfe
Sheriff Otto Gosman Recovers Escapee In Quick Chase
Sheriff Otto Gosman proved a swift ten seconds in a county jail chase. A Tennessee inmate eight months into a sentence for assault bolted from the jail toward the outside. Gosman overtook him after about two blocks and returned him to jail, where the prisoner wrote an apologetic note promising better behavior.
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Otto Gosman
Tennessee
Dillon
Gosman
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Beavern
MAD County Free High School
U.S
Hunt
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